Barren River Lake

We went to the lake this weekend. We had such a blast! I really love it there and feel so thankful that we have such nice friends that let us borrow their lake house. It is so nice and peaceful and the kids just love it. We got there late on Friday night and had a Hoekstra dance party until the rest of our group arrived. Jennie and Brandon and their little boy Jake and Jeff and Kristal and their little girl Maya all joined us. The kids went to bed way too late on Friday. I knew it was going to make Saturday harder but we were having so much fun. I think we got them to sleep about 11. I was very hopeful they would sleep in esp since I didn’t go to bed until 1. Very late for me these days. Av would have if Camille were not up right as 7 standing in her pack and play saying, “Avery, Avery.” Kind of cute. John and I were also in the room; I tried to grab C before she woke Av up but no such luck. So the girls and I got up. We played until the rest of the group woke up. Around 10 we headed down to the lake. We swam and the kids went on their first jet ski ride. It was a blast. After lunch Av was still going strong so John took her back down to the water with the rest of the group while C and I took a nap. Not sure how it happened but in those 2 hours Av grew up a few years. When I got back down to the lake Av was jumping off the dock by herself (life jacket on), had been tubing and doing tricks with daddy on the jet ski! Where did baby Avery go??? We swam and played awhile longer until dinner time. I got stung by some huge black and white bug and also got a splinter in my foot. No fun. Felt kind of beat up but it was still a fun day. We all cooked dinner together and had the kids in bed by 8pm that night! The next day we went back to the lake and swam the morning away. Camille kept telling John, “more boat daddy” meaning the jet ski. By the afternoon it was time for lunch and to pack up. After an easy drive home we were home in time for dinner. Perfect weekend! I thought we had made it without a “Camille incident.” I was wrong. I talked to Jennie that night and she told me that Brandon had found a mark on Jake and thought it was ringworm. She took one look at it and said, “nope, that’s a Camille bite.” Heheheh Kind of funny. I had warned her but she was not too concerned. She just thought Jake would bite her back. They must have somehow figured it out between them bc we didn’t even know it happened.